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>> awaiting a verdict. jurors are now deliberatic the fate of george huguely. >> wjz has the latest from charlottesville, virginia. >> good afternoon, i am don scott. >> and i am jessica kartalija. >> here is what people are talking about today, the jury deliberations are underway in the george huguely murder trial, accused of killing yeardly love. wjz and adam may are live at the courthouse. good afternoon, adam. >> reporter: good afternoon, don. two weeks of dramatic testimony and it has all come down to this, jurors are deliberating the fate of george huguely, working for two hours. george huguely walked into court this morning wearing an oversized dark suit top and a light colored baggy pants. he has been wearing these types of outfits here throughout the entire trial, basically clothes that don't fit him. he was much larger at the time of his arrest. seen in court this morning

talkative, actually smiling when he was talking with his defense attorneys, even waved at his family. he is accused of killing yeardly love. prosecutors say it happened in a drunken rage, when he beat her to death in her apartment. yeardly love's mother also arrived here. she has not missed a single moment. she had a very long conversation with the prosecutors once the jurors began their conversations. we don't know what it was but presumably they were talking about the case, the prosecutors has been pushing jurors to convict him of first or second- degree murder. that will mean he could serve life in prison. second degree means he could serve 40 years. meanwhile the defense attorneys have been arguing this was a pure accident and pushing

jurors to make a verdict of involuntary manslaughter, which would mean 10 years or less. we have no idea how long it will take. adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much, adam. stay with wjz as we continue to follow the deliberations and promise to bring you the verdict as soon as one is announced. >> same sex marriage advocates will have to wait a little while longer to find out if the measure will pass in the senate. mike hellgren has more on what happened today. >> reporter: jessica a little while ago senators decided to push the vote back from today to tomorrow. yesterday a senate committee passed the bill despite opposition from some who say it does not adequate protect religious liberties. the senate passed the same sex marriage bill last year so we believe it will come up for a vote and the governor said he will sign it into law. >> opponents are promising to call for a referendum on the

matters giving voters the ultimate say on the matter. >> and witnesses are sharing 911 calls from a road rage incident that escalated into violence earlier this week. >> okay, what is going on? >> there has been a stabbing and a car accident. >> saying what they saw, ross sudbrook stabbed a driver in the suv after the two had words. others saw the suv crash into sudbrook's car and they fought, both will survive. sudbrook is charged with assault. the prison inmate convicted of murdering a correctional officer will soon now, if he will be put to death. he could be the first person executed since the general assembly changed maryland's capitol punishment law. >> police are asking for your help tracking down two people involved in a robber and

shooting at a store. police say two men opened fire inside the store on hartford road in hamilton after 9:30 last night. the robbers stole cash and cigarettes before shooting a 46- year-old customer in the chest. anyone with information on the whereabouts of these two men is urged to call police. baltimore city leaders have approved a contract with the new organizers of the baltimore grand prix keeping the race in charm city through 2016. it calls f the finances to be kept private as requested by down force racing. >> a kind of cloudy day start has given way to a lot more sunshine but it is the warm up you will notice first and foremost. a live look outside shows another fabbary day with none of the wind that must have helped keep yesterday colder than we hoped. we have coverage with marty bass and bernadette woods in the weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, don and everybody out there. we will start out with first

warning weather doppler radar and show you clouds moving through because there are showers to our west. as we progress through the afternoon we are going to get some rounds of clouds but also sunshine. by tonight maybe showers out of what you see to the west. what this storm is doing is pumping up these temperatures. take a look, right know already 59 in baltimore, heading up into the 60s, 60 there, for more on the next couple of days we send it out to marty. >> hello, bern, thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody. let's get right to it. a couple of graphics for you, number 1 unseasonably warm air moving our way. i don't think we will see the 70s tomorrow but the 60s like this afternoon and if we get some early sunshine even milder than this day certainly not impossible. the air is coming from where they are starting to think about exhibition baseball. almost 60 in memphis, 60 in atlanta, 70 dallas, 73 new orleans, that is where your air is coming from, the south-

southwest. we are in for a couple of really fine days. but then we are going to go back to normal, which is going to be quite a jolt given how warm it is going to be tomorrow and friday. meteorologist bernadette woods takes a look at a normal february weekend coming up in our first warning weather segment. now back in side. >> mardi gras has been in full swing in new orleans but the party is over. [ sirens ] >> not long after midnight police began shutting down the party on burbon street. the celebrations proceed ash wednesday, the start of the christian holy season of lint. i bet you could hear a pin drop there today. >> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, a media center targeted, the latest on american journalists killed while covering the bloodshed in syria. [ singing ] >> presidential blues.

the commander in chief flexes the golden pipes for the star- studded event. >> and a live look at our warmer afternoon. we ask you to stay with us as your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. >> completely coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist bernadette woods, it is wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

syrian government forces attacking rebel fighters killed two western journal efforts including a famed american war correspondent, tina kraus has the latest. >> reporter: syrian forces reportedly shelled a house in the rebel stronghold, killing an american reporter. 57-year-old marie colvin was a veteran correspondent. >> this is a reminder of the risks journalists take to inform the world. >> a day before she died she was on tv calling the government bombardment relentless and shocking. >> i think the sickening thing is the complete merciless nature. they are hitting civilian buildings. >> a french photographer was also killed.

witnesses say a rocket hit the journalists as they tried to escape a barrage of shelling. helicopters gun ships are helping forces loyal to president. weeks of attacks have left hundreds dead. this amateur video reportedly shows hundreds of syrian soldiers joining the rebel's fight to take down assad's government. western powers, including the u.s., have not ruled out arming rebels to help end the conflict. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> president obama has said he hopes diplomacy not military force will solve the crisis but they said military tactics may have to be explored. >> 5 people were shot and killed inside a spa in georgia overnight. police believe one of the dead shot the other four then killed himself in norcross, just northeast of atlanta. so far there is no motive.

the detectives are promising to realize more information later today. >> more fall out from a deadly mine explosion in west virginia. now the mine superintendent is facing charges. federal investigators say the man was part of a conspiracy to conceal safety hazards at the upper big branch mine. back in 2010 a huge explosion killed 29 men. the mine's former security chief was later convicted of lying to investigators and trying to destroy documents. prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence him to the maximum 10 years in prison. >> in washington, d.c., the president sang in public again. this time belting out some blues. ♪ [ music ] >> baby don't you want to go? >> same old place. >> sweet home chicago. [ cheers ] >> last night he joined, even held the mic for bb king, buddy guy and mick jagger, they all were singing sweet home chicago at the red, white and blues concert, part of the white

house's black history month celebration. today the first family was at the smithsonian. >> they will have to come out with an album. >> let me know when it drops. >> still ahead on eyewitness news at noon a cloud or two out there but nothing to complain about. still gorgeous outside. bernadette will be back with your complete forecast in just two and a half minutes. >> first let's take a look at today's midday stocks to be followed by last night's megamillions numbers. medicare. it doesn't cover everything.

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medicare guide and customized rate quote. now weather, the complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> welcome back, everybody, oh, the sun is out right now, a hazy sunshine but clouds through the afternoon because there are a couple of fronts we need to talk about. first off the temperatures 59 in baltimore, look at all of these upper 50s, just long the water though that water is much cooler, in the 40s, 48 in kent island and 48 in annapolis. the winds out of the southwest and there is a lot of mild air where that came from. no real cold air in sight, we will continue to pull that air our direction until we have a cold front later in the week. before we get to that one there is a couple of fronts in this area. as they pass by we will get clouds maybe showers tonight maybe even a shower tomorrow but friday it could bring us not only rain but a couple of

thunderstorms are here. other than that though we are going to see sunshine with those clouds and those temperatures way up there. you can see the general track of these storms is north so we are on the warm side of everything. here is that first front that passes by tonight. here is that another one coming our way tomorrow but it is friday when that cold front comes through, a chance for rain and a couple of thunderstorms and it is going to kick up our winds, over the weekend it turns around to the northwest, brings in colder air and off the lakes there is a lake event snow event so western parts of the state will see snow this weekend and also very windy during that time. so the forecast looks like this, on the waters southwest wind gusting at times today, overall, though, it is going to be a warm one, 64 degrees is what we going up to, a chance for a shower late. then tonight a chance for showers, tomorrow maybe just a shower. still sunshine out there, times up into the 60s, we will deal

with that storm on friday and have your 5 day coming up. >> thank you. >> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon a big comedy star brings his talents to the small screen, a sit down with rob schneider coming up. >> wjz 13 is always on, here are the top ,, [ dog growls, barks ] bring your dog to work day... not our best idea. [ barking ] george! stop it! stop. oh. it was a nice thought. [ male announcer ] some business decisions are better than others. the best decision is switching to verizon. you're good to go. that was fast!

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welcome back. he is already a familiar face on several big time comedy classics, now rob schneider is returning to tv with a new hit show and he is here to tell us all about it. hello there. >> good morning. how are you? >> i am good. >> good morning, baltimore. >> hello baltimore. do you like crab cakes. >> good afternoon, baltimore. i am sorry? >> i said do you like a good crab cake? >> yes, i thought you said something else. >> we won't go there. >> it is still early for me. i am waiting for things to be moving. no. i love crab cakes. i thought do you like a good something else. but, yes, why wouldn't you like a good crab cake. >> i don't know. >> there is bread, mayo, you can eat it and wear it, it is beautiful, no, but sure, yeah, the maryland crabs are unbelievable. >> you are sitting in -- >> i like the blue crabs, yes,

so good, you are invited here to wjz studio to have a crab cake. >> it is off season, it is on season. >> it is kind of we have crabs all year round. >> never stops. >> but some people say soft shell, oh, you may want to wait. so you are sitting in the living room. i have to tell you i watched the other day the pillow episode, i was laughing so hard because i thought this was totally me and my husband. how much fun are you having on this show? >> it has been fun. you know, i mean you get -- it is 20 minutes and 20 seconds so you can only have so much fun, you can't have 30 minutes or 27 minutes of fun but, yeah, i get to be an idiot every thursday so that is great and we get to do funny things and i got a great cast. this week's episode if you liked the pillow you will like this one, romantic weekend, which is me freaking out again and having things ruined, so is that basically how i make a living. >> that is awesome, we love

watching you. we can't wait to see what you do next. >> that is it? >> i know. we could talk all day. >> crab cake and it is over. >> thanks so much. >> all right. >> best of luck with the show. >> all right. >> see it right here tomorrow at 8:30. >> you want to be sure to check back in with us today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. we are monitoring the jury deliberations in the george huguely murder trial and will bring you the latest. a man planning a terror attack on the u.s. capitol goes before a judge. join us for these stories and breaking news today at 4:00 right after dr. phil. >> live television in its finest. ,,

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don't miss tonight's primetime line up. >> we will check the five-day- forecast before we get to that and here is marty with that. >> i can multitask and do the primetime line up and do this five-day-forecast. >> we are like go, go, go. >> we are living big, 65 tomorrow, friday 63, the weekend is normal, normal is 47, which is saturday and sunday, so it is going to feel chilly but seasonal, 46 and 44, but look at that monday, right back up to almost 50 degrees. living large as we move toward the end of the month and now we will throw it back inside. by the way did you know we have a primetime line up tonight? >> we certainly do and i can

tell you all about it. at 10:00 csi then eyewitness news at 11:00. you know i got so excited. >> i understand you talked to primetime -- >> -- i know -- >> -- go, go, go, and now i am going and i got to slow back down a little. >> come back at 4:00. thanks for watching. >> have a wonderful day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,